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Tears of Frost

(Heart of Thorns #2)

Bree Barton (Goodreads Author)

3.54 · Rating details · 571 ratings · 100 reviews

The electric second book in the Heart of Thorns trilogy explores the effects of power in a dark magical kingdom—and the fierce courage it takes to claim your body as your own.

Mia Rose is back from the dead. Her memories are hazy, her body numb—but she won’t stop searching. Her only hope to save the boy she loves and the sister who destroyed her is to find the mother she ca ...more

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Jun 06, 2019 ♠ TABI⁷ ♠ marked it as to-read · review of another edition

I'm honestly just here for my darling Quin ...more

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Nov 07, 2019 Carol (StarAngel's Reviews) Allen rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-or-more-stars, magic, cliffhanger, fantasy

****4.25 Which side am I on? Stars****

I am confused on how I feel about this part of the series....I am not a big fan of jumping around relationships, so I think it took away from the story for me.

Don't get me wrong, I want to continue to read to see what happens to Mia and Pil and Quin but I hope the next one stays on the correct relationship path! ...more

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Apr 30, 2019 Christopher DeWan rated it it was amazing

Better—deeper, richer, more rewarding, more surprising, and more beautiful—than the first one. Tears of Frost is what a sequel should be.

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Feb 27, 2019 beth ✨ marked it as to-read

Shelves: releases-2019

WE HAVE A COVER!!!!

i’m so excited for this sequel 💜

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Jan 10, 2021 birdie rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs, lgbtqiap, feminism, fantasy, i-ugly-cried

i finished this book over half an hour ago. are you wondering what i've done those entire thirty minutes? i screamed. not in words (no no, i can't form those right now) but in lots of weird, unnatural sounds.

so hi, i am chaos right now. was this book per definition good? no, actually not. did it still ruin me and took away all the sanity i had left? yes...so in conclusion: four "wtf just happened" stars for this sequel. ...more

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Nov 15, 2020 Monogamist rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, in-my-tbr-pile

I gave Heart of Thorns 4 stars.

I loved Mia Rose and I loved Quin, he was such an intriguing character. I loved the relationship built around these two characters and how it was not driving the plot. I had Tears of Frost on my TBR for a while, and the book was gathering dust so I thought it was time to give it a go.

Result? 1 star.
Why? The new POV - Pilar.

Pilar takes a great part of the narrative. Pity is, I didn’t like her, I couldn’t even remember her from the first book. She was annoying and ...more

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Dec 15, 2020 Sophie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-stars, read-in-2020, 2019-releases, own-read, 2020-beat-the-backlist-challenge

Tears of Frost picks up after the climatic ending of Heart of Thorns, this time from the differing points of view of Mia and Pilar. After Mia decoded her mother's message, and stopped her heart in order to slow down Angelyne and Zaga's wicked plans, she awoke in the forest without her feelings and emotions. She thinks that if she can get to Luumia, and the renowned Snow Queen, she may discover the truth about her mother, and be able to return to the Glas Ddir, and save Quin. For Pilar, she's on Tears of Frost picks up after the climatic ending of Heart of Thorns, this time from the differing points of view of Mia and Pilar. After Mia decoded her mother's message, and stopped her heart in order to slow down Angelyne and Zaga's wicked plans, she awoke in the forest without her feelings and emotions. She thinks that if she can get to Luumia, and the renowned Snow Queen, she may discover the truth about her mother, and be able to return to the Glas Ddir, and save Quin. For Pilar, she's on a similar track. Fleeing to Luumia, to find her father and escape her past, Pilar refuses to use her magic for anything, and soon stumbles across a disoriented Quin, finally free from Angelyne's control, and hell bent on getting as far away as he can. As the two are drawn together throughout their travels, it seems that their common goal may just be what brings them happiness.

I wanted to love this book, especially considering how much I adored Heart of Thorns, but parts of this book were lacklustre to me. I think the biggest reason I only gave this book 4 stars was Pilar's point of view, and the way Mia was so wholly different from her character in book 1. Pilar was a character I thought abrasive when we first met, but she proved it when we were in her own head. I really felt for her, and her past abuse (the assault and sexual violence is never explicitly shown on page, but may be triggering), but I still couldn't find her chapters enjoyable. Her and Quin together were a couple I never would have imagined, but it did work for the most part. For Mia, her actions in stopping her heart, and essentially dying, killed a part of her inside, and she can no long feel sensation or emotion. Because of this, she lost that spark that made me love her so much, I was a little bored during her chapters at times. Again, the second part of the story, where the action was ramping up, and the reveal that had been teasing us in Angelyne's letters, is what made this whole book, and because of that, I gave this 4 stars. I will still be reading Soul of Cinder, but I'm not as hopeful for another five star read. ...more

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Oct 10, 2019 Fin D rated it it was amazing

Shelves: owned, arc

Spoiler-free Review:
You ever finish a book and just know that that is a book that is going to stick with you? That was me all while reading this book. It was poignant, funny, heartbreaking and necessary in all the best ways. Bree absolutely knocked it out of the park with this one. It is the Empire Strikes Back of a magnificent trilogy. It is what I want all sequels to beloved books to be like. She took the characters and world i already adored and just deepened everything. Bonds were tested, br Spoiler-free Review:
You ever finish a book and just know that that is a book that is going to stick with you? That was me all while reading this book. It was poignant, funny, heartbreaking and necessary in all the best ways. Bree absolutely knocked it out of the park with this one. It is the Empire Strikes Back of a magnificent trilogy. It is what I want all sequels to beloved books to be like. She took the characters and world i already adored and just deepened everything. Bonds were tested, broken, and strengthened along the way in the most surprising of ways. I could not have predicted the journey I would go on with these incredible characters when I started it but I wouldn't have changed it for anything. Equal parts devastating and inspiring all at once, Tears of Frost has taken root in my heart and I don't think it'll ever leave. Bree doesn't hold back in this one, really grappling with so many important issues like sexism, the effects of oppression and abuse, living with depression and so much more. Painful though it was sometimes, I really applaud Bree for facing it and how she handled it. As someone who struggles with depression, that storyline in particular really resonated with me in a profound way. Depression and mental illness is a difficult subject to tackle so it is so rare that I feel that seen in fiction but I really did in Tears of Frost.
I could go on for pages and pages but in the interest of keeping this review spoiler-free, I will refrain. All of this is to say that Bree has done something really special with this wonderful follow-up to the spectacular Heart of Thorns. As much as I just loved Heart of Thorns, I didn't think it would be possible for Bree to top herself with Tears of Frost but she did in spades and I cannot wait for everyone else to read this breath-taking continuation. You won't regret it.
I will also add that I respected the hell out of Bree for adding trigger warnings at the beginning and hotline numbers at the back. These are weighty and important issues she is covering but she also gives warning which not a lot of other authors do. So that being said there are triggers for sexual assault, depression, alcoholism, and suicidal ideation. ...more

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Nov 03, 2019 Paige Green rated it it was amazing

Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. Thanks! All options are my own.

Author: Bree Barton

Book Series: Heart of Thorns Book 2

Rating: 5/5

Publication Date: November 5, 2019

Recommended Age: 16+ (sexual assault and depression tw, some violence)

Genre: YA Fantasy

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Synopsis: Mia Rose is back from the dead. Her memories are hazy, her body numb—but she won’t stop searching. Her only hope to save the boy she loves and the sister who destroyed her is to find the m ...more

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Oct 14, 2019 USOM rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)

If I thought I loved the sister relationships in Heart of Thorns, Tears of Frost blows it out of the water. Not only does Tears of Frost begin with a letter from the author about the content of sexual assault and depression, but the story is rich and introspective. A society in which women's bodies and potential for magic are shunned and punished, seeing the characters experience ...more

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Jun 20, 2020 Jasmine Burt rated it liked it · review of another edition

It was overall a little disappointing, I didn’t like the direction the characters went in the end most of the romances were ended, so what was the point in them. The ending was again disappointing and whilst i will read the next one i will only read to see if the ending makes up for the catastrophe of the a second book.

The one thing i did love was the expansion of the magic system, the myths of the six souls and how they open up new possibilities.

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Dec 30, 2020 Claire rated it did not like it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Rant incoming..

I read Heart of Thorns and liked it enough to purchase Tears of Frost and pre-order Heart of Cinder. I finished Heart of Thorns and settled down to read this and... well it's shit..

In a nutshell, the plot goes nowhere, the characters are pointless wastes of skin and I couldn't tell you what the point of the plot was.

Instead of following Mia returning from the grave and coming back to deal with her sister and Zuga we get.

1. Pilar whose POV can be summed up in one sentence... Cotta ...more

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Feb 28, 2021 Friederike rated it liked it · review of another edition

So I really wanted to love this. It was a good story, well written, with interesting twists and turns and I got to discover more of the magical world Bree Barton created, which I really enjoyed. But in this book Pilar, one of the side characters from Heart of Thorns is introduced as a main character and there are a lot of chapters in her perspective. Sadly I found her annoying and couldn't bring myself to like her or to like reading from her perspective. It got better towards the end but most of ...more

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Apr 19, 2020 Kym rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: physical

Action packed from beginning to end!

Must say I enjoyed this book slightly more than the first. The pace of this book is awesome & definitely didn't want to put it down. It's also action packed from beginning to end with some very unexpected twists.

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Jan 09, 2021 Zahira⚡️ Azriel’s mate rated it really liked it

3,5 stars. (Or more like 3,75?)

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Mar 28, 2020 Fierymermaidbooks rated it really liked it

PLOT TWISTS FOR DAYS! This book is crazy good! At the beginning, the author gives a content warning because this book deals with some heavy topics such as depression. I think the author did such a great job writing about it. This book picks up a little while after the last book ended. It was confusing at first to realize it’s about Pilar in the beginning and not Mia Rose. I love how Pilar’s backstory unfolds throughout the novel. Mia’s chapters were heartbreaking to read but I think they are cru ...more

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Jan 03, 2021 Claire rated it it was ok

I'm really quite shocked and disappointed at the direction this book took. After reading heart of thorns for the second time i was so looking forward to diving into tears of Frost i loved Mia and Quin's growing relationship in the first one and was looking forward to feeling more for them, as with second books I expected to see a stronger relationship bond and further expansion on the world and magic system but alas it wasn't to be as the previous relationship that I'd rooted for was totally dro ...more

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Nov 06, 2019 Hira Chaudhary rated it it was amazing

I gave this book five stars, but I'm honestly so conflicted about so many things. So I'm going to split this into things I liked and things I didn't like. Here we go.

Things I ADORED.
- The FEMINISM. Like, if the first book was a feminist masterpiece, this one takes it one step further and guts you and gives you female empowerment and sisterhood and all the things you need. It is grand. Mia and Pilar are going to run the world.
- Pilar's backstory (tw: rape). This was really beautifully handled and I gave this book five stars, but I'm honestly so conflicted about so many things. So I'm going to split this into things I liked and things I didn't like. Here we go.

Things I ADORED.
- The FEMINISM. Like, if the first book was a feminist masterpiece, this one takes it one step further and guts you and gives you female empowerment and sisterhood and all the things you need. It is grand. Mia and Pilar are going to run the world.
- Pilar's backstory (tw: rape). This was really beautifully handled and expertly woven into the story. Pilar is just such a strong character and I really loved getting inside her head for this book. She's so incredible. She's perfect. I love her. I send her all the hugs.
- The discussions on colonialism were SO GRAND. I might be saying this because I'm currently writing my thesis on postcolonialism and quoted darling Zai, but this was great. So well done.
- The expansion of magic from oppressed women to all oppressed peoples. I liked how the Addi also possessed magic, regardless of gender, how their oppression worked similarly to the oppression of women

Things I'm not such a huge fan of
- QUIN. My freaking cinnamon roll boy's entire character just got flayed and DESTROYED and I'm annoyed. Because the ending sets him up to basically be the villain of the next book and I am not here for this. The message that sends is basically that no man can be a feminist? That all men are the enemy? And I get it. I get that this is a series about girl power and women taking back their voice and agency and all. I get all of that. But I just don't get why that means Quin can't be on our side for this? Quin, who accepted Mia the moment he knew she was a witch? Quin, who respects all people/ Quin, who wanted his sister to be queen? Quin, who is just a sweetheart? Quin, who in this book was lying to everyone about everything, who knew Mia was alive while he was sleeping with Pilar, who SLEPT WITH PILAR WHILE KNOWING HE WAS LYING TO HER (this just felt wrong to me because she's been raped and she felt safe with him and then ughhhh). I just really reeeeally loved Quin in the first book, and then this one just tore him apart.
- Mia's mom. Like....why. Why are you alive. What purpose do you serve. Just, why.
- Angelyne. Also why. Honestly, she's just insane. She was all, oooh Pilar is the sister I deserve! And then, meh, you can kill her. Like, what even Angie, what is going on in your head? And then, I'm assuming she died at the end? So what was the point of her? And she killed Pilar's mom, so both our villains are gone?
- Zai and Mia. I wanted to like them. I did. But then he was also lying, and I couldn't stop thinking about Mia and Quin and how cute they were in the first book. And I know that everyone has grown and changed and whatever. But idk. I think I would have preferred the setup of this story if Pilar had been traveling with someone new (say, ZAI) and Mia had been traveling on her own or with Quin and they could have worked through their issues and differences and parted on better terms.

I know it looks like the things I didn't like are bigger than the things I liked, BUT I did just really love all the conversations on women and oppression and colonialism. I loved those things, and that was what made this book a five star read. The actual plot? Meh, not so much.

I am excited about the third book and seeing where Mia and Pilar take us. (and also, because I've low key wanted this since they met...can we get a Quin and Dom romance? Because that might just make my day if we have to deal with Quin as the villain) ...more

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Apr 06, 2020 your friendly neighborhood bibliophile (Gabi) rated it did not like it

Shelves: didn-t-really-care, hello-disappointment, young-adult, hate-this-chick

Page 215.

No.

Just, just no.

I nearly DNF’ed right there.

But alas, I persisted. It didn’t get too much better.

But page, 215, man.

Page 215.

I’m actually kind of glad I read this, because this is something I’ve been wanting to rant about, but I never had the platform to do it.

Hey, Bree! Bree Barton, you grown woman, I, a fifteen year old girl, have something to tell you...

Periods are gross.

There, I said it.

Periods are disgusting.

“But they’re NATURAL!!” She says. Well, newsflash.

So is pissi ...more

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Dec 16, 2019 Astrid rated it really liked it

This is one of those underrated series!
Wow, what a sequel. Full of twists and turns I didn't see coming. The usual writing that makes you addicted to the book and makes you not want to stop reading. I flew through this and I need more! ...more

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Dec 01, 2019 Anna rated it liked it

I’m honestly not sure where to start. Let me begin by saying I was initially here for Quin and Mia, a couple that I find work(ed) well together since they truly understood each other in the last book. Unfortunately, that plot line got thrown out the window pretty quickly.

Overall, this book felt a bit too “jumpy” for me. It’s evident in the newly formed couples’ storylines, which I think were too underdeveloped to be convincing. They were just too sudden, and not meaningful enough.

What I really l ...more

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Nov 15, 2019 Cataline Champs rated it it was ok

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Dec 15, 2019 Morgan | Mashleas Reads rated it liked it

After loving the first book this fell so flat for me. It was really easy to read but the plot went in so many strange directions I almost couldn’t follow it.

A little disappointing after how amazing book 1 was.

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Apr 30, 2020 Mere rated it really liked it · review of another edition

First off, I thought this was a duology. Imagine my horror when there were only twenty pages left and there was going to be no resolution. (Absolutely horrified). I liked the first book in this series, and I might like this one just a little bit more. It brings up important points occurring or occurred in our history in a fantasy setting. There was nothing subtle about it at all. The hardest part was that so much happened in the first, jumping into this one I was a bit confused at first, but the ...more

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Jan 14, 2021 Snezana added it

PROS

Loved the world-building in the first part of the book. I love that we got to explore the second kingdom.

We got to learn more about the magic system and the myths behind Six Souls, which was the best part in my opinion.

The letters served as fantastic interludes in the story and I read those with the uttermost attention.

I liked the shift of focus on Pilar!

CONS

Again, this was just too long.

Quin - my favourite character from the first book was kind of destroyed. I don't want to spoil anything f ...more

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Sep 05, 2020 Dana rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: library, 2020

Hmm I can't decide if I'll read the next one or not because I... didn't actually like this one.

I think I liked the last one because it was a different take on things but this one added new levels of complicated. I liked the development of the world with the lore of the snow queendom, but it was confusing with all the different names. I know it's rooted in real life lore, but it felt so preachy- it shoves feminism down your throat and also native rights. Now, those are VERY IMPORTANT issues but i ...more

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Mar 07, 2020 Dangermousie rated it did not like it

This one is worse than the first, a true train wreck. This author is going into my small “automatic no read” pile.

She may be woke but she’s a terrible writer in terms of plot, character development, character interactions or, really, most anything.

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Jan 02, 2021 Jodie "Bookish" Cook rated it it was ok

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Title: Tears of Frost (Heart of Thorns #2)
Author: Bree Barton
Genre: YA/Fantasy/Romance
Rating: **
Review: After the dramatic showdown between Ange and Mia at the end of Heart of Thorns, I couldn’t wait to jump into Tears of Frost straight away. The opening of Tears of Frost refers to something called the Weeping Moon and we are counting down to it, but this is overshadowed by the letter from Ange to her sister who has awakened informing her she is being hunted by Zaga and other Dujia in Book Review
Title: Tears of Frost (Heart of Thorns #2)
Author: Bree Barton
Genre: YA/Fantasy/Romance
Rating: **
Review: After the dramatic showdown between Ange and Mia at the end of Heart of Thorns, I couldn’t wait to jump into Tears of Frost straight away. The opening of Tears of Frost refers to something called the Weeping Moon and we are counting down to it, but this is overshadowed by the letter from Ange to her sister who has awakened informing her she is being hunted by Zaga and other Dujia in order to bring her back to the river kingdom, whether this refers to Mia isn’t yet known but we jump to Pilar who is heading for the Ice Kingdom and is being tracked by several men, but she is hunting them, however, she intervenes when the men capture Quin and frees him, she also offers for him to come with her to the Ice Kingdom as they are both fugitives. This opening was far more gripping that the opening of Heart of Thorns and I can’t wait to see what happens. Pilar and Quin spends almost a week travelling to the border of the Ice Kingdom where we learn how far the River Kingdom has fallen under Zaga and Ange, at this point in time Mia is considered dead by everyone and no one seems to know about her mother’s revival. Pilar is heading to the Ice Kingdom, seeking a famous assassin of Dujia known as Snow Wolf in order to learn how to kill her mother and Ange without her magic as she has turned her back on it. Quin was surprising though as he is travelling to seek the help of the Snow Queen in order to save Dom who is the only person, he has left that he truly cares about and he had to leave him behind. By the time they reach the border Pilar has been training Quin to fight when they hear music which is something both Pilar and Quin greatly value and while Quin is suspicious, Pilar has to know who the player is.
As we approach the ¼ mark in the novel, Pilar and Quin cross the border into the Ice Kingdom when they find boy playing the music only moments ago dead and when warriors show up, they are taken prisoner as they are going to be taken to the Snow Queen. During these moments we learn that Pilar’s father is supposedly the Snow Wolf and she is hoping that he will help her despite her being a Dujia, even though Dujia in the Snow Kingdom are protected, Dujia from other countries are not. With 21 days until the Weeping Moon, we get another letter from Ange to her sister telling her stories about the Kingdoms but she also seems to be hinting at the fact that Mia is alive and in the Ice Kingdom and I think she might even be the Snow Queen or close to the Queen. It turns out Mia is alive in a way, it seems that killing herself and then reviving herself has had some unpleasant side affects and she needs to find her mother following the clues to Luumia, the Ice Kingdom but then the trial ends. However, she meets an old man in a bar and she is sure he knows something and he leaves her with the advice of seeking out his niece. It turns out this man is Lord Dove, the same one that captured Quin and Pilar and his niece is the Snow Queen so these three might be reunited very soon. In Luumia, Mia meets Zai who tells her that the carving she founds in her coffin is actually part of a compass that Mia hopes will lead her to her mother and the answers she needs. However, Mia finds herself attracted to Zai but feels guilty of leaving Quin in the River Kingdom and remembers her promise to rescue him and she doesn’t know that he is a lot closer than she thinks and I can’t wait for them all to be reunited but she does harbour a lot of resentment towards Pilar which might makes things a little awkward.
As we cross the ¼ mark in the novel, Zai explains that his friend Ville will be able to tell her about the compass but before she can even ask, she believes that she saw her mother in one of the alehouses and freaks out. Zai explains that a red haired woman came into his alehouse two days before Mia and she was heading for an audience with the Snow Queen and Mia asks him to take her there. In between this we are getting letter from Ange we she informs Mia that her hunters are in the Luumia at the Lagoon where Mia was only hours before which means they are closing in on her but Mia is determined not to return to the River Kingdom unless it is to destroy the moonstone and free Quin. We then switch back to Pilar and Quin who have been taking to the Snow Palace to meet with the Snow Queen but it seems like they are being tested first and the only reason I could come up with as to why is that the Snow Queen is aware of who their parents are and want to make sure they aren’t going to be betrayed by them. They are locked in a room where they are confronted by all manner of strange visions before one of the guards, Freyja comes to retrieve them and take them to the Queen. It turns out that Freyja is the Queen and the visions was a way for the Queen to determine why they were in her kingdom and what they wanted. When Quin and Pilar mention the ruby wren belonging to Mia the Queen corrects them in saying it belongs to Mia’s mother which makes me think that Wynna is in the castle and Mia isn’t far behind so several reunions are in sight but we can’t forget that Ange’s hunters are on Mia’s trial and also won’t be far behind.
As we approach the halfway mark in the novel, I was finding the pace was a lot slower in this book and it seemed to be suffering from the middle book syndrome in that it is spending a lot of time filling space between the first and last book without anything really happening. This very quickly changes when Pilar discovers that Quin has been carrying Ange’s moonstone with him the whole time and asks Freyja to view Quin’s memories and they find that Ange has been enthralling him and his mission was to find out who was loyal to her and who wasn’t. Freyja gives Pilar the tools she needs to find her father and is planning to ship Quin back to the River Kingdom and not even Pilar who has become close to Quin objects to this but we know Mia is on her way to Palace and things are going to get very interesting very soon especially when she learns of what Quin has done and I am not sure Mia will support him even though she has feelings for him and the plight of the Dujia and finding her mother in order to stop her sister is the most important thing to her right now. As Mia sails to the Snow Palace with Zai they are quickly joined by Ville and Nell where Mia is coming to gain back some of what she lost to her sister and Nell also teaches her about magic and how to balance it properly but I had a very bad feeling when Ville asks Mia to use her magic on him since we already know she isn’t in control of it right now and she should have informed Nell of that beforehand but she is being quite stubborn again.
As we cross into the second half of the novel, we still haven’t gotten to the real meat of the book yet but it is building. Mia uses her magic on Ville but almost ends up killing him but Nell manages to save his life, after he is kicking off the boat by Zai, Mia confesses to Nell that she can’t feel anything and Nell explains that this makes her the most dangerous as magic relies on feelings, both physical sensation and emotional feeling which Mia completely lacks right now. As she and Zai near their destination they do share a kiss but this is overshadowed when they arrive at the Palace and Zai calls her Mia instead of her assumed name Raven. When her mother appears, Mia learns that Zai was working for her mother the whole time and it all becomes too much for Mia in that moment as she faints. Meanwhile, Pilar isn’t having any luck finding her father but she does find Quin who was given the choice between returning to the River Kingdom or working in the fyre ice mines and he choose the mines. As both have had a bit to drink, they begin opening up as Pilar confesses that she doesn’t want to be alone anymore and Quin feels the same and much like Mia developing feelings for Zai, Pilar and Quin have softened to each other and they end up in bed together which isn’t going to sit well with Mia considering everything she has done has been for Quin and he’s shacked up with someone else although in his defence he does believe she is dead. Despite all of this we are no closer to the “real” action beginning and I was beginning to get bored so I hope something happens soon. Towards the end of this section of the novel, we learn more about Pilar’s past but it still wasn’t enough for me to care about her as a characters as she was really one dimensional in the first novel and not really present for a lot of this novel. However, we do learn that Griffin, Mia’s father has arrived to rescue Quin and Pilar but something doesn’t feel right about the situation and Pilar also learns that there is something wrong with the fyre ice and the mines are filled with blue stones not purple which means it must have been mixed with something in order to make it the way it is and I have a bad feeling about it.
As we approach the ¾ mark in the novel, we get several revelations that are directly leading into the climax of this novel. We learn that Griffin is the Snow Wolf and Pilar’s father as he had a brief relationship with Zaga before he was enthralled by Wynna and came to love her meaning that Pilar, Mia, and Ange are also sisters. Mia learns that Wynna has started a relationship with Freyja and has no intention of returning to the River Kingdom or helping her in the way she wants and she isn’t sorry for it at all which hurts Mia more than anything. Mia is further hurt when she sees Quin with Pilar and he then reveals he has still been working for Ange as her power has grown and she didn’t need the moonstone anymore. Ange’s objective all along was to gather her sisters and work together but Pilar is furious at Quin’s continued betrayal and decides to work with Love Dove presumably on the side against Ange and Mia isn’t going to work with her because what she wants more than anything is to be herself again, to feel again. I was a little disappointed that it has taken almost 80% of the book to get into anything majorly interesting but I am excited to see how this novel concludes before moving into the finale, Soul of Cinders.
As we cross into the final section of the novel, we see the three sisters come to blows and realise something interesting about themselves and about each other. However, this is overshadowed when Quin rises up out of his own suffering to wield his own power against Ange who is the one that has hurt him the most but Pilar and Mia have also hurt him. It seems for a moment that he has killed Ange and allowed Mia and Pilar to escape as Nell comes to their rescue and is going to take them to the Shadowess. However, the final letter of the novel is from Quin to the sisters as he sets himself to become his father as he doesn’t want to suffer anymore but if that puts him against the sisters then he is going to do what needs to be done. Honestly, I was really infuriated with Tears of Frost as it took so long for the story to get interesting and then it erased all the good character work and relationship development for an easy ending that set men up against women when it would have been a lot more interesting and entertaining for certain men like Quin and Zai to stand by the women as they also understand suffering and for them to come together instead of creating more hate. Given the way this book ended unless something major happens in the final book then I am almost guaranteed not to enjoy it. ...more

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Dec 16, 2019 Shelley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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*Source* Library
*Genre* Young Adult / Fantasy
*Rating* 3.5

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Tears of Frost, by author Bree Barton, is the second installment in the authors Heart of Thorns series. The key characters in this book are Mia Rose, Pilar d'Aqila, and Quin Killian. Mia is being hunted by her own sister Angelyne after she stopped her own heart & was brought back to life. She is numb and no longer has an emotions. She hopes that if she can find the mother who betrayed her, she might find the answers to her condit ...more

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Nov 10, 2019 Candyce rated it it was amazing

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. FIVE STARS!!!!

QUEEN OF PLOT TWIST!!!!!!!

So first off I commend Bree Barton on her beautiful trigger warning at the beginning of this book and how sexual assault was brought into this story. I also love how beautiful she writes sisterhood and how raw and real it was, woman can be mean and terrible to one another but then there are beautiful moments when women come together and support each other. All of that has been displayed in this book perfectly.

Pilar and Mia were by far my favorite characte FIVE STARS!!!!

QUEEN OF PLOT TWIST!!!!!!!

So first off I commend Bree Barton on her beautiful trigger warning at the beginning of this book and how sexual assault was brought into this story. I also love how beautiful she writes sisterhood and how raw and real it was, woman can be mean and terrible to one another but then there are beautiful moments when women come together and support each other. All of that has been displayed in this book perfectly.

Pilar and Mia were by far my favorite characters and I loved that their POV’s carried this book. Their stories intertwined and paralleled and it left me on the edge of my seat.

The romance between Pilar and Quin was a bit off putting, and only because of his ties to Mia. I really liked him and Pilar but it just felt weird, cause Mia was struggling so hard to feel something while they got to start something new. but it’s clear that Pilar, unknowingly was in love/intrigued by Quin around the start of book one. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really mind that relationship but I’m intrigued on how it will work now since the ending made it seem like Quin might be the villain for book three. That was a great twist but I do wish we had a bit more on his POV to see exactly how he was pushed over that edge but maybe book three will further explain that.

Zai was a nice addition but I can’t wait to see more of him cause he was a bit boring lmao like he’s a good individual character but his story with Mia felt a little flat.

I LOVED Nell. I was a bit disappointed when she freaked out about Mia but she came back!!! And that’s what I call development! It was great seeing her again towards the end and I can’t wait to see her go on adventures with Mia and Pilar. And I’m not gonna lie , I ship her with Pilar.

The first half of the book, before we first got Mia’s POV I kept thinking her and Mia had so much in common and with they would be friends and Guess what?!!! They’re freaking SISTERS!! I did not see that coming and it was a pleasant suprise.

And it’s so funny how the last few chapters built up their sisterhood perfectly it was so sweet and loving and I’m sooooo happy they have each other and that’s the only relationship I care about.

So excited for book three!!!!!!
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Bree Barton is a writer in Los Angeles. When she's not lost in whimsy, she works as a ghostwriter and dance teacher to teen girls. She is on Instagram and YouTube as Speak Breely, where she posts funny videos of her melancholy dog.

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